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Kodomo asobi gajo, (子供遊び画帖, Children's Games)

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Japanese colour woodblock print showing two children in foreground with kitten and three in background

Kodomo asobi gajo, (子供遊び画帖, Children's Games)

Date: 1888
Object number: O.48.3
Description2 sets of 2 figures playing Ban Sugoroku (盤双六, Japanese backgammon) and 'musashi' (a cat?). Ban Sugoroku was introduced to Japan in the 7th century. Sugoroku boards were often brought to marriages during the Edo period as one of the wedding implements.